** PAK players must be crazy **

The recent decision of ICC to shift Cricket World Cup-2011 is on the expected lines. But some bigwigs of PAK cricket have reacted strangely to that decision.

To quote a few, Rameez Raza , Ex CEO of PCB was shocked where as Moin Khan was very surprised. Rashid Latif feels that the security situation in India is just as bad and Zaheer Abbas says WC to be shifted out of Indian sub continent if not held in PAK. Miandad, who is fired and reinstated into PCB scheme for the umpteenth time cries foul that PAK cricket is being isolated and Salim Altaf expresses great disappointment.

No meaning can be derived from such statements except that they all are mere formalities. One can’t be so stupid to expect a global (?!?!) event such as WC is to be conducted in PAK. When India rightly decided not to tour PAK, Sri Lankan board - (then headed by Ranatunga, and subsequently dissolved) –which was locking horns with the BCCI over selection of ICL players for domestic matches, thought touring PAK was the best chance to diminish India’s dominance in world cricket. Their players did well there but had to hurry back to homeland with their tails between their legs. While one can’t envy their position during direct attack by terrorists, the foolish decision by SL board to send them there can not be undermined.

The situation in PAK has ‘definitely changed’ in recent times, yes, it has gone from bad to worse. Taliban is breathing under the nose of government (if any govt. is there). Suicide attacks and bombings are a daily occurrence. The deteriorating state of affairs in PAK is known world wide. In this backdrop, those reactions by Ex pak players appear to be very funny.

Tail Piece: As far as security is concerned, the Indian Govt’s decision to say NO to IPL during elections is praiseworthy; whatever may be the real reasons. Instead of making a mess of it, they at least said NO.